Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Not satisfied with his autocratic and illegal rule by rigging elections when he was alive it now seems as if President Burnham has turned to possessing people in his deceased form, according to Opposition Leader Robert Corbin as quoted in SN (ref: “like Burnham spirit possess all of them.”

Dear Editor, Judging from the facts and figures contained in your news article, ‘President unveils cost of living ease, (SN, 8.5.08), I reluctantly accept the President has done right by the Guyanese people at a time when food and energy prices around the world are on the rise.

Dear Editor, Red Thread and Red Thread network Guyanese Women Across Race are very hurt and angry about the statement made by FITUG that we are not workers therefore we were not eligible to take part in the May Day march.

Dear Editor, I was quite amused at Ms Allison Parker’s reply with regard to the availability and the blocks of GT&T SIM cards in her response to my letter captioned ‘I was unable to purchase GT&T’s SIM cards’ (21.4.08).

Dear Editor, I would like to join the many people who are appalled by the poor service that was provided at the Georgetown Public Hospital emergency room. 

Dear Editor, It is very heartrending for us, the members of the Special Constabulary, not to get what we have worked for and is due to us.

Dear Editor, In 1971 I remember a poster with the slogan, ‘Feed, Clothe and House’ that found its way to Yupukari.

Dear Editor,  It is no secret that motor sport at South Dakota has its faithful fans.

Dear Editor, In the Isseneru Amerindian village, Middle Mazaruni, our lives are made uncomfortable by illegal gold and diamond miners who like leeches are illegally occupying our village lands and working out the mineral resources without the permission of the Isseneru Village Council.

Dear Editor, Lolita Hick’s letter in SN of May 2, 2008 (‘No income tax refund’) caught my attention and has caused me to revisit a personal matter which I had with disgust, abandoned approximately two years ago.

Dear Editor, I wish to express my grave concern about a “poll” which was published in Stabroek News on May 6, 2008.

Dear Editor, The report in the Stabroek News on May 6, 2008 of the inability of the police to support Sheneiza Khan is an indictment of the police response to domestic violence.

Dear Editor, I wish to deal with the following issues raised in the print media over the weekend.

Dear Editor, The recent poll by the North American Caribbean Teachers Association should be serious food for thought for the opposition People’s National Congress Reform.

Dear Editor, The ten years taken by three different international contractors to complete a thirty-five mile stretch of road between Charity and Supenaam in Region Two was worthy of being featured in the  Guinness Book of Records.

Dear Editor, In January of this year, investigators of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) swooped down on a bond in the city and discovered Polar Beer which they suspected to have been smuggled.

Dear Editor, Brazil and Guyana share geographical boundaries to Brazil’s extreme north and Guyana’s extreme south and south-west. 

Dear Editor, Stern action should be taken against cattle owners who allow their animals to wander along the highways where traffic is heavy.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter from D. Ramprakash entitled ‘Statistics are essential in the marginalisation debate.’

Dear Editor, Baldeo Persaud in SN of May 5 regurgitated the very biased view of the Western establishment, particularly the British, about President Robert Mugabe.